Pancit Luglog (Rice and Noodles)

Ingredients:
PORK AND BEAN CURD MIXTURE:
1/2 c. cooking oil
6 cloves of garlic, minced
1 c. cooked pork, diced
2 cakes tokua or bean curd, diced
1/4 c. atsuwete water (2 tbs. anato seeds soaked in 1/4 c. water)
1 c. shrimp juice
1/2 c. kintsay or Chinese celery
salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp. aji-no-moto

PALABOK:
2 c shrimp juice
1/4 c atsuwete water (2 tbs. anato seeds soaked in 1/4 c. water)
6 tbs. flour dissolved in 1/2 c water
1 tsp. Aji-no-moto
salt to taste

PANCIT (NOODLES):
2 qts. water
1/2 kg dried rice noodles (bihon) soaked in water for 10 minutes, then drained
1 c bean sprouts, boiled

GARNISHING:
1/2 c flaked smoked fish (tinapa)
1/2 c crisp pork cracklings (sitsaron), pounded
2 eggs, hard boiled, chopped
1/2 c shrimp, shelled and boiled
1/2 c green onions, finely sliced
6 pcs calamansi or 1 lemon, sliced
fried minced garlic



Instructions:
Brown garlic in hot oil. Set aside for garnishing. Drop pork in cooking oil, fry until slightly brown. Add tokua and fry 1 minute. Add the concentrated atsuwete water. Pour the 1 cup concentrated shrimp juice and bring to a boil. Add the kintsay and season with salt, pepper and Aji-no-moto. Set aside. This is the pork and bean curd mixture.

Prepare palabok sauce: Add atsuwete water to shrimp juice and bring to a boil. Disperse flour and add to mixture, stirring constantly. Season with salt and Aji-no-moto. Set aside.

Measure 2 quarts of water into a deep pot and bring to a boil. Put a handful of bean sprouts into a sifter then add the noodles. Dip sifter into boiling water for 1 minute, then drain well. Continue until all he noodles has been cooked. Pour noodles in a large platter. Cover with palabok sauce. Top with the pork and bean curd mixture. Sprinkle tinapa, sitsaron, chopped eggs, shelled shrimp, green onions, fried garlic, season with salt and pepper, and arrange lemon wedges around platter.